Tar and Novell DLT Tapes

[Carl Yost Jr.]

so it should be able to erase the tapes np them :) ?




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From: Darin Perusich <Darin.Perusich at cognigencorp.com>
Reply-To: nflug at nflug.org
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 10:31:52 -0400

>you don't format backup tapes, your backup utility simply writes the 
>archive to them. using your novel dlt's should be fine.
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>Carl Yost Jr. wrote:
>> Hey guys,
>>   Anyone know if Tar will be able to format the tapes we used in novell and make the tape useable by linux? We are swapping the dlt drive to the linux box :D. Any help would be greatly appreciated :D.
>> 
>>   Carl
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>Darin Perusich
>Unix Systems Administrator
>Cognigen Corp.
>darinper at cognigencorp.com
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